The remmina version from the ppa (mentioned by @axoin in #11) doe not crash and asks to accept the certificate, then connects. So this is a workaround.
Only Problem is that this ppa breaks the vinagre rdp tool from the gnome team ppa (dependencies conflicts). Let's hope its only this one tool... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to freerdp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1116999 Title: xfreerdp crashed with SIGSEGV in X509_get_issuer_name() Status in freerdp package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: If I try to connect to my workplace's RDP server (64-bit Server 2008 R2), xfreerdp crashes. The same is true of remmina, but I figured xfreerdp should be simpler to backtrace. Steps to reproduce: 1. run xfreerdp winrd-ng.nominum.com 2. Respond to password prompt with enter -- it doesn't matter. 3. Crash. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: freerdp-x11 1.0.1-1ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-22.34-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Feb 5 22:09:01 2013 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/xfreerdp InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-11 (25 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True ProcCmdline: xfreerdp winrd-ng ProcCwd: /home/dana/Documents RetraceOutdatedPackages: outdated debug symbol package for libc-bin: package version 2.15-0ubuntu20 dbgsym version 2.15-0ubuntu20.1 Signal: 11 SourcePackage: freerdp StacktraceTop: X509_get_issuer_name (a=0x7f4300000019) at x509_cmp.c:133 crypto_cert_issuer () from /tmp/tmpRsJ0tM/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreerdp-core.so.1.0 tls_verify_certificate () from /tmp/tmpRsJ0tM/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreerdp-core.so.1.0 credssp_get_public_key () from /tmp/tmpRsJ0tM/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreerdp-core.so.1.0 credssp_authenticate () from /tmp/tmpRsJ0tM/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreerdp-core.so.1.0 Title: xfreerdp crashed with SIGSEGV in X509_get_issuer_name() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo wireshark To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp/+bug/1116999/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

